Are You Ready for a Bird Watch Adventure?
You can see birds in lots of places! Look for them while you're playing outside, going on a hike or having a picnic in the park. You're sure to see them if you keep your eyes open and your ears alert. Can you identify any of these birds by looking at their shapes?
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Bird Watch Badges
Let's earn some badges. There are many things you can do to help you find and identify birds. To train yourself to be a great bird watcher you can look for these things to help you:
- Colorful Birds: Bird Colors and Markings
- Bird Songs
- Helping Birds
Colorful Birds
Feathers come in just about any color you can imagine. Bright colors attract attention. Duller colors help a bird camouflage itself. How may different colors of birds can you see? Are you a color expert?
Play the Bird Brain: North American Bird Challenge to discover how well you know a bird's colors. Next color the birds on your Common North American Birds worksheet to match the colors of the real bird. You can click the button below to find some of these birds and learn more about them.
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Bird Sounds
Sometimes it's easier to hear a bird than to see it. Close your eyes and listen to the sounds around you. Can you hear any birds? Most birds use their voices to send messages to each other. Some are a song patterns, some are calls and some are mimicry.
Click on the website below to learn more about how to ID some of the common birds in Kentucky, when seen, and to learn the sounds they make: |
Bird Song Hero is a fun game to practice the key skill you need to ID bird calls or songs. Listen closely to the sounds or songs and match each with the correct visual clue (spectogram). You will use your visual brain to help you identify the unique qualities of each sound/song so you can memorize the sound patterns.
Bird Food
You can find different bird foods depending on the season. Some birds eat seeds and fruit while others eat insects and animals. Some birds eat just about anything.
Sometimes it is difficult to find food to eat during the winter months. You can make a bird feeder to attract them to your backyard and to help them during the winter months.
Sometimes it is difficult to find food to eat during the winter months. You can make a bird feeder to attract them to your backyard and to help them during the winter months.
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